{"id":7870,"date":"2023-10-03T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T08:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=7870"},"modified":"2023-10-03T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T08:36:00","slug":"are-young-adult-anxiety-and-nihilism-really-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=7870","title":{"rendered":"Are Young Adult Anxiety and Nihilism Really on the Rise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"post-share hidden md:flex justify-center relative bg-transparent text-justify bottom-0 md:bottom-auto left-[20px] right-0 md:right-auto z-10\" data-module-init=\"post-share\">\n      <a class=\"post-share__button inline-block mx-[4px] py-[11px] text-center text-gray no-underline leading-4 border-0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%2F\" data-vars-event=\"Facebook\" data-vars-info=\"\/young-adult-anxiety-hopelessness\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-sm sm:text-base icon-facebook\"\/><br \/>\n      <spann class=\"visually-hidden\">Share on facebook<\/spann><br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n      <a class=\"post-share__button inline-block mx-[4px] py-[11px] text-center text-gray no-underline leading-4 border-0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Are%20Vibes%20Bad%20Everywhere%3F%20via%20%40iamwellandgood&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%2F\" data-vars-event=\"Twitter\" data-vars-info=\"\/young-adult-anxiety-hopelessness\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-sm sm:text-base icon-twitter\"\/><br \/>\n      <spann class=\"visually-hidden\">Share on twitter<\/spann><br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n      <a class=\"post-share__button inline-block mx-[4px] py-[11px] text-center text-gray no-underline leading-4 border-0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%2F&amp;description=Are%20Vibes%20Bad%20Everywhere%3F&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F09%2FWG_MindsIssue_Editorial_Are-Vibes-Bad-Everywhere-or-Are-We-Just-Being-Brutally-Honest-About-How-Weve-Always-Felt__Inset.jpg\" data-vars-event=\"Pinterest\" data-vars-info=\"\/young-adult-anxiety-hopelessness\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-sm sm:text-base icon-pinterest-p\"\/><br \/>\n      <spann class=\"visually-hidden\">Share on pinterest<\/spann><br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n      <a class=\"post-share__button inline-block mx-[4px] py-[11px] text-center text-gray no-underline leading-4 border-0\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Are%20Vibes%20Bad%20Everywhere%3F&amp;body=Young%20adults%20are%20likely%20to%20say%20so%E2%80%94but%20the%20experience%20of%20anxiety%20that%E2%80%99s%20punctuated%20by%20hopelessness%20and%20nihilism%20might%20also%20just%20be%20what%20it%20feels%20like%20to%20be%20a%20young%20adult.%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%2F\" data-vars-event=\"Email\" data-vars-info=\"\/young-adult-anxiety-hopelessness\/\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-sm sm:text-base icon-paper-plane\"\/><br \/>\n      <spann class=\"visually-hidden\">Share on email<\/spann><br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/aside>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Memes, data, celebrities, and social media all tell the same story about the country\u2019s mental health of late: We\u2019re not doing so hot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Anxiety is more prevalent among all adults than it was before the pandemic\u2014but more dramatically so in young adults, or those in their early thirties and younger\u2014according to sources like the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/covid19\/pulse\/mental-health.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/covid19\/pulse\/mental-health.htm\">CDC<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2022\/12\/12\/at-least-four-in-ten-u-s-adults-have-faced-high-levels-of-psychological-distress-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2022\/12\/12\/at-least-four-in-ten-u-s-adults-have-faced-high-levels-of-psychological-distress-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\">Pew Research Center<\/a>, and many others. It has become routine for top-of-their-game\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/simone-biles-impact\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/simone-biles-impact\/\">athletes<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2023\/jun\/08\/tom-holland-taking-year-off-from-acting-after-latest-role-tv-show-the-crowded-room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2023\/jun\/08\/tom-holland-taking-year-off-from-acting-after-latest-role-tv-show-the-crowded-room\">actors<\/a>, and other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michelleking\/2023\/01\/19\/why-jacinda-arderns-burnout-is-the-norm-for-most-women\/?sh=1c3a8b2334ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michelleking\/2023\/01\/19\/why-jacinda-arderns-burnout-is-the-norm-for-most-women\/?sh=1c3a8b2334ef\">public figures<\/a>\u00a0to step away from their work, citing anxiety and depression.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/nea-today\/all-news-articles\/mental-health-crisis-college-campuses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/nea-today\/all-news-articles\/mental-health-crisis-college-campuses\">College campus mental health clinics<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/monitor\/2023\/04\/mental-health-services-wait-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/monitor\/2023\/04\/mental-health-services-wait-times\">general behavioral health centers<\/a>\u00a0are struggling to keep up with the demand for their services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-thin\">\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"experts-in-article noskim py-[24px] px-[40px]\">\n<p>Experts In This Article<\/p>\n<ul class=\"!ml-[18px]\">\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.edu\/psychology\/profile\/angela-neal-barnett\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.kent.edu\/psychology\/profile\/angela-neal-barnett\">Angela Neal-Barnett, PhD<\/a>, professor of psychology at Kent State University and the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/leafgroup_ca5e0_wellgood?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSoothe-Your-Nerves-Understanding-Overcoming%2Fdp%2F0743225384%3Ftag%3Dwgtrx9418-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.wellandgood.com%252Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%252F%26asc_source%3Ddirect%26asc_campaign%3D1209275nikemindsbadvibes&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%2F&amp;event_type=click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Soothe-Your-Nerves-Understanding-Overcoming\/dp\/0743225384\" data-type=\"affiliateLink\"><i>Soothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman\u2019s Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fears<\/i><\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/dhrosmarin.com\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/dhrosmarin.com\/\">David H. Rosmarin, PhD<\/a>, clinical psychologist, associate professor at Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital spirituality and mental health program director, founder of the Center for Anxiety, and author of <a href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/leafgroup_ca5e0_wellgood?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FThriving-Anxiety-Tools-Make-Your%2Fdp%2F1400327857%2Fref%3Dasc_df_1400327857%2F%3Ftag%3Dwgtrx9418-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.wellandgood.com%252Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%252F%26asc_source%3Ddirect%26asc_campaign%3D1209275nikemindsbadvibes&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%2F&amp;event_type=click\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thriving-Anxiety-Tools-Make-Your\/dp\/1400327857\/ref=asc_df_1400327857\/\" data-type=\"affiliateLink\"><i>Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You<\/i><\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drlaurencook.com\/about\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.drlaurencook.com\/about\">Lauren Cook, PsyD<\/a>, licensed clinical psychologist and author of <a href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/leafgroup_ca5e0_wellgood?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSunny-Side-Up-Lauren-Cook%2Fdp%2F1475981872%3Ftag%3Dwgtrx9418-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.wellandgood.com%252Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%252F%26asc_source%3Ddirect%26asc_campaign%3D1209275nikemindsbadvibes&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%2F&amp;event_type=click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sunny-Side-Up-Lauren-Cook\/dp\/1475981872\" data-type=\"affiliateLink\"><em>The Sunny Side Up!<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drlaurencook.com\/generation-anxiety\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.drlaurencook.com\/generation-anxiety\"><i>Generation Anxiety: A Millennial and Gen Z Guide to Staying Afloat in an Uncertain World<\/i><\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/megjay.com\/about\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/megjay.com\/about\/\">Meg Jay, PhD<\/a>, developmental clinical psychologist and author of <a href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/leafgroup_ca5e0_wellgood?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDefining-Decade-Your-Twenties-Matter%2Fdp%2F0446561754%3Ftag%3Dwgtrx9418-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.wellandgood.com%252Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%252F%26asc_source%3Ddirect%26asc_campaign%3D1209275nikemindsbadvibes&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%2F&amp;event_type=click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Defining-Decade-Your-Twenties-Matter\/dp\/0446561754\" data-type=\"affiliateLink\"><i>The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter\u2014And How to Make the Most of Them Now<\/i><\/a> and the forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Twentysomething-Treatment\/Meg-Jay\/9781668012291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Twentysomething-Treatment\/Meg-Jay\/9781668012291\"><i>The Twentysomething Treatment: A Revolutionary Remedy for an Uncertain Age<\/i><\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<hr\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> For Generation Z, a group of people born between 1997 and 2012 who have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2021-01-30\/generation-z-politics-optimism-activism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2021-01-30\/generation-z-politics-optimism-activism\">identified with descriptors of \u201chopefulness\u201d and \u201cactivism<\/a>,\u201d the weight of the mission to improve the world in matters like climate change is now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/for-gen-z-climate-change-is-a-heavy-emotional-burden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/for-gen-z-climate-change-is-a-heavy-emotional-burden\">taking a mental health toll<\/a>. The group has more recently earned the nickname\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gnet-research.org\/2022\/12\/16\/generation-doomer-how-nihilism-on-social-media-is-creating-a-new-generation-of-extremists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/gnet-research.org\/2022\/12\/16\/generation-doomer-how-nihilism-on-social-media-is-creating-a-new-generation-of-extremists\/\">\u201cgeneration doomer\u201d<\/a>\u00a0in generational research, thanks to a rise in nihilistic attitudes questioning the meaning of anything at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"premium-article-quote block-thin flex flex-col relative justify-center text-center mt-[37px] mb-[30px]\" data-type=\"acf\/premium-article-quote\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-wg-quote block-thin flex flex-col\">\n<p class=\"quote-quote text-quote\">&#8220;Entering adulthood\u2014and keeping a job, paying bills, seeing your preferred political candidate and issues you back lose in elections, watching your family members age and pass away, and experiencing friendships fading\u2014has never exactly been a cake walk.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><cite class=\"quote-credit block font-serif text-[19px] italic opacity-60\"\/><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> \u201cWe are seeing more anxiety, we are seeing more hopelessness, and [these young adults] can be triggered into that hopelessness very, very, very easily,\u201d says\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.edu\/psychology\/profile\/angela-neal-barnett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.kent.edu\/psychology\/profile\/angela-neal-barnett\">Angela Neal-Barnett<\/a>, PhD, a professor of psychology at Kent State University and the author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Soothe-Your-Nerves-Understanding-Overcoming\/dp\/0743225384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Soothe-Your-Nerves-Understanding-Overcoming\/dp\/0743225384\"><em>Soothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman&#8217;s Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fears<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> It all points to the experience of young adulthood in 2023 as being marked by stress and despondency. At the same time, entering adulthood\u2014and keeping a job, paying bills, seeing your preferred political candidate and issues you back lose in elections, watching your family members age and pass away, and experiencing friendships fading\u2014has never exactly been a cake walk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Is life in the 2020s really worse than it\u2019s ever been? Or are the young adults living through the mental health and emotional tolls of adulthood just doing so in a more online, outspoken, and brutally honest manner than generations of past?<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"next-core\/paragraph core-heading text-h2 block-thin\" style=\"\"> Young adult meets uncertain world<\/h2>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Gen Z and the last of the millennials aren\u2019t the first group of young adults to feel the sting of #adulting. For the last few decades,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17551351\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17551351\/\">research<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/generation-y-unhappy_b_3930620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/generation-y-unhappy_b_3930620\">cultural criticism<\/a>\u00a0have demonstrated that anxiety and unhappiness are generally more prevalent in younger adults than older adults. When coming of age in the \u201890s and 2000s, respectively, the misanthropic younger members of Generation X (fans of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/kzeavm\/sick-sad-world-the-voice-of-daria-on-being-an-iconic-misery-chick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/kzeavm\/sick-sad-world-the-voice-of-daria-on-being-an-iconic-misery-chick\">Daria,\u00a0<em>The Breakfast Club<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Ghost World<\/em><\/a>), and older and middle millennials let down by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/millennials-money-financial-economic-trauma-recession-student-debt-inflation-2022-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/millennials-money-financial-economic-trauma-recession-student-debt-inflation-2022-2\">the often-false promise of being able to<\/a>\u00a0pursue your passion amid multiple financial crises certainly experiences\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/how-did-laid-back-gen-x-become-the-most-stressed-generation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/how-did-laid-back-gen-x-become-the-most-stressed-generation\">stressed<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/123213\/lol-nothing-matters-defense-internets-absence-meaning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/123213\/lol-nothing-matters-defense-internets-absence-meaning\">disaffection<\/a>. Psychologists\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/leafgroup_ca5e0_wellgood?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FQuarterlife-Crisis-Unique-Challenges-Twenties%2Fdp%2F1585421065%3Ftag%3Dwgtrx9418-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.wellandgood.com%252Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%252F%26asc_source%3Ddirect%26asc_campaign%3D1209275nikemindsbadvibes&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%2F&amp;event_type=click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quarterlife-Crisis-Unique-Challenges-Twenties\/dp\/1585421065\" data-type=\"affiliateLink\">coined the term \u201cquarterlife crisis\u201d in 2001<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> \u201cYoung adults in every generation at least since the 1990s, when mental health across adulthood was first tracked, are more likely to struggle with feelings of anxiety and depression than are older adults,\u201d says psychologist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/megjay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/megjay.com\/\">Meg Jay<\/a>, PhD, the author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Defining-Decade-Your-Twenties-Matter\/dp\/0446561754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Defining-Decade-Your-Twenties-Matter\/dp\/0446561754\"><em>The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter\u2014And How to Make the Most of Them Now<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and the forthcoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Twentysomething-Treatment\/Meg-Jay\/9781668012291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Twentysomething-Treatment\/Meg-Jay\/9781668012291\"><em>The Twentysomething Treatment: A Revolutionary Remedy for an Uncertain Age<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cPart of the reason for this is that young adulthood is the most uncertain time of life and uncertainty makes people unhappy.\u201d And that\u2019s likely been true much earlier than the \u201890s, before data existed to support the assertion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-thin mt-[30px] mb-[40px]\">\n<div class=\"acf-video text-left relative\">\n<figure class=\"w-full h-full m-0\">\n<div class=\"image-2021 overflow-hidden h-0 relative !h-full\" style=\"padding-bottom: 79.84934086629%;\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\" https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-1_1062x848_true_75.webp 1062w,https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-1_1274x1018_true_75.webp 1274w, https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-1_1062x848_true_75.webp 1062w,https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-1_1274x1018_true_75.webp 1274w, https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-1_1062x848_true_75.webp 1062w,https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-1_1274x1018_true_75.webp 1274w,\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\" (max-width:640px) 1062px,  (max-width:768px) 1062px,  1062px\"\/><img class=\"image-2021__img block left-0 top-0 object-cover w-full !h-full min-h-full inset-0 lazy !absolute\" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-module-init=\"image-2021\" data-module-immediate=\"\" data-is-vue=\"\"\/> <\/picture> <\/div><figcaption class=\"text-gray-light text-[13px] leading-[20px] text-center\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Dr. Jay describes uncertainty as a \u201ctransdiagnostic stressor\u201d that can be the culprit for a host of emotions and experiences like stress, worry, sadness, hopelessness, helplessness, and sleeplessness. Young adults dealing with feelings of uncertainty either by becoming anxious about the future or minimizing the future\u2019s importance with a \u201cnothing matters\u201d attitude is not a novel phenomenon, either. \u201cWe used to call it the existential crisis,\u201d Dr. Neal-Barnett says. She notes psychologists have been writing about it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2016-29917-010.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2016-29917-010.html\">since the middle of the 20th century<\/a>, after existentialists laid the philosophical groundwork.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> These mid-century French philosophers like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1946\/03\/16\/existentialist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1946\/03\/16\/existentialist\">Jean-Paul Sartre<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1947\/02\/22\/simone-de-beauvoir-visits-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1947\/02\/22\/simone-de-beauvoir-visits-new-york\">Simone de Beauvoir<\/a>\u00a0enjoyed celebrity status as existentialism rose to prominence in the \u201850s and \u201860s, and the numbed-out despair on display\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk\">over a future in \u201cplastics\u201d<\/a>\u00a0made 1967\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Graduate<\/em>\u00a0an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2018\/03\/the-graduate-50-years-after-its-oscar-win\/554582\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2018\/03\/the-graduate-50-years-after-its-oscar-win\/554582\/\">instant and enduring classic<\/a>. With regard to a rise in nihilistic attitudes, Dr. Jay says \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/quiet-quitting\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/quiet-quitting\/\">\u2018Quiet quitting\u2019<\/a>\u00a0may seem revolutionary to today&#8217;s twentysomethings, but in the 1990s we had\u00a0<em>Office Space<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"next-core\/paragraph core-heading text-h2 block-thin\" style=\"\"> Are hopelessness and stress really on the rise?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> So how do we square this historical legacy of twentysomething agita with more recent data about a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9934502\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9934502\/\">studied rise in anxiety and unhappiness<\/a>\u00a0among people in their early thirties and younger? The 2023 iteration of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallup.com\/analytics\/506663\/american-youth-research.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.gallup.com\/analytics\/506663\/american-youth-research.aspx\">Gallup and Walton Family Foundation study<\/a>, published every 10 years for the last three decades, found that just 15 percent of 18 to 26 year olds describe their mental health as \u201cexcellent,\u201d while more than 50 percent of the same age group gave the \u201cexcellent\u201d rating to their mental health in both 2013 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Data about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db464.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db464.htm\">suicide rates<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/article-abstract\/2802915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/article-abstract\/2802915\">self-harm<\/a>\u00a0also paints a clear picture that the mental health of young adults has, in fact, deteriorated, says clinical psychologist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dhrosmarin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/dhrosmarin.com\/\">David H. Rosmarin<\/a>, PhD, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital spirituality and mental health program director, founder of the Center for Anxiety, and author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/leafgroup_ca5e0_wellgood?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FThriving-Anxiety-Tools-Make-Your%2Fdp%2F1400327857%2Fref%3Dasc_df_1400327857%2F%3Ftag%3Dwgtrx9418-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.wellandgood.com%252Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%252F%26asc_source%3Ddirect%26asc_campaign%3D1209275nikemindsbadvibes&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%2F&amp;event_type=click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thriving-Anxiety-Tools-Make-Your\/dp\/1400327857\/ref=asc_df_1400327857\/\" data-type=\"affiliateLink\"><em>Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You<\/em><\/a>. The CDC reports that in 2021, suicide became the second-leading cause of death for people under the age of 34. \u201cThis is a very clear trend that mental health is substantially worse among younger Americans,\u201d Dr. Rosmarin says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Mental health professionals say that anecdotal experiences with patients reflect that the headspace of today\u2019s young adults really may be different than that of generations past.Dr. Rosmarin has noticed a downward trend in young patients\u2019 general\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21472780\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21472780\/\">ability to tolerate struggle and negative emotion<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Dr. Neal-Barnett, who has taught college psychology courses for decades, has seen this manifest in her own classroom. She has had to change longstanding teaching methods for her post-pandemic students because she says they become more easily frustrated and are quicker to shut down in the face of a challenge than was the case with prior classes\u2014a sentiment that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/head-of-the-class\/202301\/re-developing-students-resilience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/head-of-the-class\/202301\/re-developing-students-resilience\">other college professors echo online<\/a>. She believes this is a sign that her students got a message of existential impotence, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/leafgroup_ca5e0_wellgood?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.skimresources.com%3Fid%3D104860X1561639%26xs%3D1%26xcust%3DSTMSLS-1113649%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Flink.springer.com%252Farticle%252F10.1186%252Fs12888-020-03012-1&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fyoung-adult-anxiety-hopelessness%2F&amp;event_type=click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s12888-020-03012-1\" data-type=\"affiliateLink\">not resilience<\/a>, from living through a pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> \u201cYou would think that everyone would think \u2018I survived the pandemic, I can do anything,\u2019\u201d Dr. Neal-Barnett says. \u201cThat does not appear to be what happened with our young adult group. It&#8217;s not, \u2018I survived. I can do anything.\u2019 It&#8217;s \u2018I can make no sense or meaning out of this world.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"next-core\/paragraph core-heading text-h2 block-thin\" style=\"\"> How social media fuels the anxiety fire<\/h2>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> While the experience of an existential crisis may not be new, some factors of life in 2023\u2014in addition to living through a pandemic\u2014separate today&#8217;s young adults and those from decades ago. One key difference is the way in which screens now mediate our lives as the way we experience relationships and learn about other people and ideas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> \u201cIt\u2019s easier to interact with two-dimensional pixels than it is a three-dimensional human,\u201d Dr. Rosmarin says. \u201cPeople are more complex. They smell worse. They make bad comments. They can&#8217;t just delete things that they say. Social media is a lot easier, and I think that we&#8217;ve sort of gotten spoiled through interfacing with pixels as opposed to people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-wide min-h-[400px] py-5 w-full flex flex-col justify-center items-center text-gray font-serif mt-[58px] mb-[40px]\" data-type=\"acf\/premium-article-media-text\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col md:flex-row justify-center md:items-center w-full gap-[18px] md:gap-[37px] lg:gap-[48px] xl:gap-[54px]\">\n<figure class=\"w-full md:w-1\/2 m-0\">\n<div class=\"image-2021 overflow-hidden h-0 relative\" style=\"padding-bottom: 121.55963302752%;\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\" https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image1-1_872x1060_true_75.webp 872w,https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image1-1_1046x1272_true_75.webp 1046w, https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image1-1_872x1060_true_75.webp 872w,https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image1-1_1046x1272_true_75.webp 1046w, https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image1-1_872x1060_true_75.webp 872w,https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image1-1_1046x1272_true_75.webp 1046w,\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\" (max-width:640px) 872px,  (max-width:768px) 872px,  872px\"\/><img class=\"image-2021__img block left-0 top-0 object-cover w-full !h-full min-h-full inset-0 lazy !absolute\" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-module-init=\"image-2021\" data-module-immediate=\"\" data-is-vue=\"\"\/> <\/picture> <\/div><figcaption class=\"text-left text-gray-light text-[13px] leading-[20px] mt-[10px]\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"flex-1 w-full md:w-1\/2\">\n<h3 class=\"text-h3\"> &#8220;Research has also found that social media can\u00a0promote feelings of isolation, and\u00a0the pandemic only supercharged\u00a0what experts have described as a\u00a0loneliness epidemic.&#8221; <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> The phrase &#8220;Instagram versus reality&#8221; became popular to explain how social media&#8217;s highlight-reel display of one&#8217;s life puts all users at risk of falling into a false comparison trap. The phrase also might shed light on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/2016-44388-000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/2016-44388-000\">misinformed expectations about happiness and the prevalence of negative emotions in life<\/a>, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/jcop.22363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/jcop.22363\">unpreparedness for dealing with real-world conflict and struggle<\/a>. It could also make interacting with content from aspirational lifestyle influencers, or unproductive (if soothing) ideas, like \u201clife is meaningless\u201d memes, even more powerful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> \u201cSocial media and all media\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/1461444815616224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/1461444815616224\">accelerates ideas<\/a>, no matter what they are, and\u2026our level of exposure and the rate of exposure is so far ahead of what it used to be,\u201d Dr. Rosmarin says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Research has also found that social media can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/1461444818823719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/1461444818823719\">promote feelings of isolation<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5b7c56e255b02c683659fe43\/t\/6021776bdd04957c4557c212\/1612805995893\/Loneliness+in+America+2021_02_08_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5b7c56e255b02c683659fe43\/t\/6021776bdd04957c4557c212\/1612805995893\/Loneliness+in+America+2021_02_08_FINAL.pdf\">the pandemic only supercharged<\/a>\u00a0what experts have described as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harvardmagazine.com\/2020\/12\/feature-the-loneliness-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.harvardmagazine.com\/2020\/12\/feature-the-loneliness-pandemic\">loneliness epidemic<\/a>. Dr. Neal-Barnett also attributes the shift in her students partly to the way the pandemic has fueled loneliness, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/n.neurology.org\/content\/early\/2023\/07\/12\/WNL.0000000000207602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/n.neurology.org\/content\/early\/2023\/07\/12\/WNL.0000000000207602\">research<\/a>\u00a0finding that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/features\/how-social-isolation-affects-the-brain-67701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/features\/how-social-isolation-affects-the-brain-67701\">social isolation may emotionally stunt the brain<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> \u201cThe idea of making eye contact and starting conversation with a stranger is becoming increasingly difficult for young people,\u201d psychologist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drlaurencook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.drlaurencook.com\/\">Lauren Cook<\/a>, PsyD, author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drlaurencook.com\/generation-anxiety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.drlaurencook.com\/generation-anxiety\"><em>Generation Anxiety: A Millennial and Gen Z Guide to Staying Afloat in an Uncertain World<\/em><\/a>\u00a0says. \u201cWe&#8217;re also seeing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2023-08-03\/young-adults-less-sex-gen-z-millennials-generations-parents-grandparents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2023-08-03\/young-adults-less-sex-gen-z-millennials-generations-parents-grandparents\">dating go down significantly<\/a>\u00a0for young adults. And I think all of these stats are concerning because people, when they feel that sense of loneliness, there is that increased sense of meaninglessness in life. We are such hardwired social creatures that if we&#8217;re not leaning into that, it makes sense why we are feeling so anxious and sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Following the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, demonstrations and online outspokenness from all people calling for a dismantling of white supremacy and a need for anti-racism peaked and then cooled, compounding this disorientation, stress, and nihilism, especially for Black people. \u201cThe belief was that we were going to have this great racial reckoning, and that didn&#8217;t occur,\u201d Dr. Neal-Barnett says. But \u201cit was only for a season\u2014three months or six months\u2014and so we&#8217;re back in this place of \u2018Do we have meaning? Do we belong?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> While the pandemic may have impacted young people\u2019s experience of the present, concerns about the future may also be driving emotional upheaval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> \u201cWhen we look at what really contributes to anxiety and depression, it&#8217;s this sense of hopelessness and it&#8217;s this sense of helplessness,\u201d says Dr. Cook. She also attributes the impending\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/climate-anxiety-in-bipoc-communities\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/climate-anxiety-in-bipoc-communities\/\">nature of climate change<\/a>, frequent incidences of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/gun-violence-in-america\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/gun-violence-in-america\/\">gun violence<\/a>, and financial hardships as just some of the things contributing to feelings of hopelessness and helplessness about the prospect of well, life. \u201cBecause anxiety is so future-focused much of the time, I think that&#8217;s a big part of why millennials and Gen Z, in particular, as they&#8217;re looking at their future and the years ahead, are just feeling very concerned and feeling like there&#8217;s little hope that it can get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> This experience can be exacerbated for people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and other historically marginalized groups. Experiencing racism or discrimination in life, watching it unfold on social media or in the news, or collectively witnessing tragic hate crimes, can drive home fears about your place in the world, or the feeling that the world does not value or care about you. \u201cRacism, which can either function as a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/news\/hsph-in-the-news\/stress-of-racism-health-toll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/news\/hsph-in-the-news\/stress-of-racism-health-toll\/\">\u00a0chronic stressor or as trauma<\/a>, makes this worse,\u201d Dr. Neal-Barnett says. \u201cWhat happens when you continually see evidence that you don&#8217;t matter or that you are invisible?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Even if living in the digital age has helped raise awareness about institutional racism, discrimination, the pandemic, environmental degradation, and more, none are new. But based on Dr. Rosmarin\u2019s research and experience as a clinician, he\u2019s found the ability to \u201cwithstand these challenges has substantially declined over the last years and decades.\u201d Should simply \u201cwithstanding\u201d really be the goal, though?<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"next-core\/paragraph core-heading text-h2 block-thin\" style=\"\"> No rose-colored glasses: Young adults are being brutally honest<\/h2>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> A now-deleted original post in the subreddit r\/latestagecapitalism, re-posted on other social media channels including @f**kyouiquit, entitled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fuckyouiquit\/status\/1691919004317958253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fuckyouiquit\/status\/1691919004317958253\">\u201cany other gen z workers finding it impossible to fathom the rest of our lives like this?\u201d<\/a>\u00a0articulates what probably everyone who\u2019s ever had to work for a living has thought silently to themselves sitting in traffic or in a cubicle at one time or another: This. Blows. And I\u2019m supposed to do it for the rest of my life? Who on earth created this system and why do I have to be part of it?!<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> The post demonstrates a phenomenon experts agree on: Young people are saying the quiet parts out loud. \u201cYoung adults are more likely to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/content\/dam\/Deloitte\/global\/Documents\/deloitte-2022-genz-millennial-mh-whitepaper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/content\/dam\/Deloitte\/global\/Documents\/deloitte-2022-genz-millennial-mh-whitepaper.pdf\">talk openly about mental health<\/a>, they are more likely to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db444.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db444.pdf\">seek help from a doctor<\/a>\u00a0for mental health, and they are more likely to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/mental-health\/press-release\/latest-federal-data-show-that-young-people-are-more-likely-than-older-adults-to-be-experiencing-symptoms-of-anxiety-or-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/mental-health\/press-release\/latest-federal-data-show-that-young-people-are-more-likely-than-older-adults-to-be-experiencing-symptoms-of-anxiety-or-depression\/\">receive diagnoses and medications<\/a>\u00a0than in years past,\u201d Dr. Jay says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> In many ways, this reflects hope for a positive future: \u201cThis system,\u201d as the poster put it, is unfair. People\u2014particularly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/epa-report-shows-disproportionate-impacts-climate-change-socially-vulnerable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/epa-report-shows-disproportionate-impacts-climate-change-socially-vulnerable\">lower income<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/migrantsrights.org.uk\/2023\/06\/29\/capitalism-harms-migrants-and-queer-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/migrantsrights.org.uk\/2023\/06\/29\/capitalism-harms-migrants-and-queer-people\/\">LGBTQ+<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2016\/07\/01\/racial-gender-wage-gaps-persist-in-u-s-despite-some-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2016\/07\/01\/racial-gender-wage-gaps-persist-in-u-s-despite-some-progress\/\">people of color<\/a>\u2014are suffering. Maybe more people experiencing and talking about the outrage of the drudgery of adult life under capitalism that\u2019s leading to and exacerbating anxiety and existential dread can have a positive impact. From Hollywood to hotel workers to delivery drivers, we are in the midst of an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/newsletter\/2023-09-01\/hot-labor-summer-by-the-numbers-essential-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/newsletter\/2023-09-01\/hot-labor-summer-by-the-numbers-essential-california\">unprecedented labor uprising<\/a>, after all\u2014with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/nearly-90-percent-of-young-people-support-unions-poll-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/nearly-90-percent-of-young-people-support-unions-poll-finds\/\">extraordinarily high levels of support coming from young people<\/a>. The surge in negative emotions and feelings of anxiety\u2014and unwillingness to accept both\u2014might give people the language and mental health-provider support to deal with these emotions and work toward change, rather than drown them in nihilistic hopelessness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-thin mt-[30px] mb-[40px]\">\n<div class=\"acf-video text-left relative\">\n<figure class=\"w-full h-full m-0\">\n<div class=\"image-2021 overflow-hidden h-0 relative !h-full\" style=\"padding-bottom: 79.84934086629%;\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\" https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-2_1062x848_true_75.webp 1062w,https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-2_1274x1018_true_75.webp 1274w, https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-2_1062x848_true_75.webp 1062w,https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-2_1274x1018_true_75.webp 1274w, https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-2_1062x848_true_75.webp 1062w,https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BadVibesArticle_Insets_image3-2_1274x1018_true_75.webp 1274w,\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\" (max-width:640px) 1062px,  (max-width:768px) 1062px,  1062px\"\/><img class=\"image-2021__img block left-0 top-0 object-cover w-full !h-full min-h-full inset-0 lazy !absolute\" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-module-init=\"image-2021\" data-module-immediate=\"\" data-is-vue=\"\"\/> <\/picture> <\/div><figcaption class=\"text-gray-light text-[13px] leading-[20px] text-center\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> However, some practitioners worry that young people may be overly focused on their negative emotions\u2014to their own detriment. Many young people find out about or self-diagnose their problems based on bite-size videos they see on social media. Dr. Cook says this can lead to overpathologizing; often it\u2019s not a diagnosable condition at play but normal\u2014if unpleasant\u2014emotions. Think: The difference between feeling anxious and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychiatry.org\/patients-families\/anxiety-disorders\/what-are-anxiety-disorders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.psychiatry.org\/patients-families\/anxiety-disorders\/what-are-anxiety-disorders\">having a generalized anxiety disorder<\/a>, the latter being when feeling anxious gets in the way of doing things you would normally do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> \u201cSomeone can watch a TikTok and self-diagnose themselves in 30 seconds,\u201d Dr. Cook says. \u201cIf you weren&#8217;t noticing or bothered by these symptoms until you watch a video and say, \u2018<em>ooh<\/em>, actually, I think that&#8217;s me,\u2019 that might be something to get curious about\u2014how much [the self-diagnosed condition] actually was impacting your life and impairing your ability to function.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Dr. Cook finds social media pathologization concerning because it can cause people to \u201cover-identify\u201d with a syndrome, ruminate on and exacerbate potential symptoms, and let a diagnosis act as a crutch allowing them to opt out of life. It may also minimize the experience of people suffering from more severe generalized anxiety disorders, she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"next-core\/paragraph core-heading text-h2 block-thin\" style=\"\"> \u2018Embrace the suck\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> To Dr. Rosmarin, not letting anxiety or nihilism get the best of you and keep you from pursuing meaning in your life comes down to learning to swallow the idea that struggle is a part of life. \u201cIt&#8217;s usually easier to accept that things are going to suck at least part of the time, and sort of know that from the get-go, as opposed to trying to eliminate it from our lives, which is frankly futile and leaves us quite despondent and meaningless and nihilistic,\u201d Dr. Rosmarin says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> That\u2019s a hard pill for every generation to swallow, but the truth remains that Gen Z and younger millennials are having a hard time with this particular pill. Regardless of which generation in history has actually had it worse (or the worst), the question of how to help today\u2019s young people still remains. And considering how to help could be part of an antidote to what Dr. Cook sees as one of the underlying problems fueling anxiety and nihilism, which is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/the-us-has-an-empathy-deficit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/the-us-has-an-empathy-deficit\/\">lack of care for one another<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> \u201cWe&#8217;re so on guard, we&#8217;re so on edge with each other, and I think that&#8217;s why these two generations are having such an increase in anxiety,\u201d Dr. Cook says. \u201cWe really do need to have empathy for each other and put ourselves in the shoes of 20- and 30-year-olds who are living in this current situation. I think we&#8217;ve lost that just across the board, we&#8217;ve lost having some compassion for each other, which I really think we need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Increasing compassion and empathy\u2014sharing that hey, maybe you\u2019ve gone through this too\u2014can help normalize feelings of anxiety and nihilism, and let people know that you can live with these emotions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> \u201cWhen we feel anxious, we have a choice,\u201d Dr. Rosmarin says. \u201cWe can sort of go into this negative place of \u2018something&#8217;s wrong with me, the world sucks. This is not how it&#8217;s supposed to be. My brain is broken, I&#8217;m finished.\u2019 Or we can put ourselves mentally into a place of, \u2018oh, right, I&#8217;m not in control all the time. Sometimes my emotions get the better of me. I have to be humble and I have to accept that, and by the way, other people go through that, too. I&#8217;m going to be compassionate to them and I&#8217;m going to be compassionate to myself.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> Living that would-be meaningful life by pursuing different career paths and forging relationships and taking risks and connecting\u2014even if it does mean embracing, or at the very least muddling through, the suck\u2014is itself the antidote to existential stress and despair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> \u201cYou will feel anxious sometimes, and that&#8217;s okay,\u201d Dr. Cook says. \u201cIt&#8217;s learning how to live with that anxiety sometimes and not letting it stop you from leading what would be a meaningful life for you that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> <em>Citations<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"core-paragraph block-thin text-big\" style=\"\"> <em>Well+Good articles reference scientific, reliable, recent, robust studies to back up the information we share. You can trust us along your wellness journey.<\/em><\/p>\n<ol class=\"core-list block-thin premium-list premium-list-ordered\">\n<li><em>Kessler, Ronald C et al. \u201cAge of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature.\u201d\u00a0Current opinion in psychiatry\u00a0vol. 20,4 (2007): 359-64. doi:10.1097\/YCO.0b013e32816ebc8c<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Andrews, Mary. \u2018The Existential Crisis\u2019.\u00a0Behavioral Development Bulletin, vol. 21, no. 1, American Psychological Association (APA), Apr. 2016, pp. 104\u2013109, https:\/\/doi.org10.1037\/bdb0000014.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Grelle, Kaitlin et al. \u201cThe Generation Gap Revisited: Generational Differences in Mental Health, Maladaptive Coping Behaviors, and Pandemic-Related Concerns During the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic.\u201d\u00a0Journal of adult development, 1-12. 16 Feb. 2023, doi:10.1007\/s10804-023-09442-x<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Arakelyan, Mary, et al. \u2018Pediatric Mental Health Hospitalizations at Acute Care Hospitals in the US, 2009-2019\u2019.\u00a0JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 329, no. 12, Mar. 2023, pp. 1000\u20131011, https:\/\/doi.org10.1001\/jama.2023.1992.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Gooding, P A et al. \u201cPsychological resilience in young and older adults.\u201d\u00a0International journal of geriatric psychiatry\u00a0vol. 27,3 (2012): 262-70. doi:10.1002\/gps.2712<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Li, Fugui, et al. \u2018Effects of Sources of Social Support and Resilience on the Mental Health of Different Age Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic\u2019.\u00a0BMC Psychiatry, vol. 21, no. 1, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Jan. 2021, p. 16, https:\/\/doi.org10.1186\/s12888-020-03012-1.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Freitas, D.\u00a0The Happiness Effect: How Social Media Is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost. Oxford University Press, 2017.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Elsaesser, Caitlin M., et al. \u2018Avoiding Fights on Social Media: Strategies Youth Leverage to Navigate Conflict in a Digital Era\u2019.\u00a0Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 49, no. 3, Wiley, Apr. 2021, pp. 806\u2013821, https:\/\/doi.org10.1002\/jcop.22363.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Diehl, Trevor, et al. \u2018Political Persuasion on Social Media: Tracing Direct and Indirect Effects of News Use and Social Interaction\u2019.\u00a0New Media &amp; Society, vol. 18, no. 9, SAGE Publications, Oct. 2016, pp. 1875\u20131895, https:\/\/doi.org10.1177\/1461444815616224.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Reer, Felix, et al. \u2018Psychosocial Well-Being and Social Media Engagement: The Mediating Roles of Social Comparison Orientation and Fear of Missing Out\u2019.\u00a0New Media &amp; Society, vol. 21, no. 7, SAGE Publications, July 2019, pp. 1486\u20131505, https:\/\/doi.org10.1177\/1461444818823719.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hirabayashi, Naoki, Takanori Honda, Jun Hata, Yoshihiko Furuta, Mao Shibata, Tomoyuki Ohara, Yasuko Tatewaki, Yasuyuki Taki, Shigeyuki Nakaji, Tetsuya Maeda, Kenjiro Ono, Masaru Mimura, Kenji Nakashima, et al. \u2018Association between Frequency of Social Contact and Brain Atrophy in Community-Dwelling Older People without Dementia: The JPSC-AD Study\u2019.\u00a0Neurology, vol. 101, no. 11, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Sept. 2023, pp. e1108\u2013e1117, https:\/\/doi.org10.1212\/WNL.0000000000207602.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on pinterest Share on email Memes, data, celebrities, and social media all tell the same story about the country\u2019s mental health of late: We\u2019re not doing so hot.\u00a0 Anxiety is more prevalent among all adults than it was before the pandemic\u2014but more dramatically so in young adults, or &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}